Myanmar to produce value-added products from rice husk and rice bran

YANGON, March 12 (Xinhua): The Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) has been working on the manufacturing of value-added products from rice husk and rice bran, according to state-run newspaper Global New Light of Myanmar has reported.

The project on manufacturing value-added products from by-products of rice will be implemented in collaboration with rice mill owners, the newspaper quoted the federation as saying.

The federation will utilize rice husks for electricity generation and rice brans for rice bran oil production.

The value-added production projects will benefit sectors including edible oil, renewable electricity generation and feed manufacturing, it said.

Myanmar Agribusiness Public Corporation, founded by the federation, has been carrying out power generation pilot projects by operating rice husk power plants in Kyaiklat and Myaungmya townships, and rice bran oil production pilot projects using solvent extraction and physical refining technology.

"The rice industry's annual production value reached nearly 7,000 billion kyats (US$3.94 billion). The federation is working on boosting the value of domestic products and increasing investment and trade," MRF President U Ye Min Aung said.

Such domestic manufacturing and job creation will help the implementation of the country's economic objectives, he added. - Xinhua